Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-22

| help hing sho cried, wildly. He is con
| jomncd by your court martal-you would
only deceive me and murder him after ALL"
| ION my honor, no. Before the marriage |
| will give this warrant TO the pastor, and hc
| 'hell burn it as soon as the service is said.
| But, Bessie, don't you see that those fools who
| tried your uncle are only like clay in my
| hands, | can bend them this way and that,
and whatever the song sing they will echo
| it, They do not wish to shoot your uncle.
and will be glad, indeed, to get out of it.
| Your uncle shall go in safety to Natal or
stay here if he wills. His property shall be
secured for him, and compensation paid for
the burning of his house | swear it before
| God.n
She looked up at him, and he could see that
She was inclined to believe him.
| ut is true, Bessie, it is true--l will rebuild
| the place myself, and if | can find the man
who fired it lie shall be shot. Come, listen to
me, and be reasonable. The man you loved
is dead, and no amount of signing can bring
| him to your arms | alone am left, who
love you better than life better than man
| ever loved woman before. Look at me, am
| not proper man for any maid to wed,
though | be bali Boerl And have the
brains too. Bessie, the brains that shall make
us both great. We were made for each other
i have known it for years and slowly,
SLOWLY have worked NV way to Won till at
last Won prn in NV reoch," and he stretched
| out both his arms toward her.
"Ny dDrliu,." Inc went ON. in a soft. half
dreamy voice "nv love and my desire. Weld.
| po,v yioIdi No NOT for,., tJis r.,v crina
mon me. want 70 crow GOOD for vour sake.
anl bavo doro with bIoodsbod Whom Won
| ore my wife bolinvc thot thn OWL will 90
ont of me. and shall GROW GOOD. Yield. and
never. shnll woman have had such n husband
as will he TO Won. | will make YOUR life
soft and bcautirul TO Won rs women love life
to l,a Won shall havc everything that money
| cnu buv md mower briu,r Weld for Veur
uncle's sake. and for the sake of the great
| love | bear voun
As he smoke he was slowly drawing nearer
| Bessie. whose face wore n half fascinated cx-
preston. As he came the wrctchod woman
| gathered herself tonether md mt ont her
hand to repnlso him. "No, nc. -" She cried. II
hate you-i cannot he false TO him. living or
dead shall kill mysoIf-I know shall.n
He made no answer. but simply came
ALWAYS nearer. till Mt last his strong arms
closed round her shrinl,iur form and drew
hcl. to him as easily as tEoli-h she w,rc a
babe. And then all at once she seemed to
Weld That embrace WAS the outward sign
of his cruol mastery. and she struggled no
more. mentally or physically.
evil YOU marry me. darlinr-will YOU
marry me" he WHISPERED. with his Inns so
close to the golden curls that jess, stralninr
her ears outside. could only lust catch the
words:
"Oh, | suppose SO: but I shall die-it will
kill me"
He strained her To his heart and kissed her
beautiful face again and again. and next mo-
ment jess heard the footsteps of the return
ing sentry and saw him leave 60 of her
Jantie, too. caught her by the hand and
dragged her away from the wall. and in ten
seconds more she was once moro ascending
the hillside toward tho Hottentot's kennel
She had gone to find out how matters Law,
and she had, indeed. found out. To attempt
| to portray tho fury, the indignation and the
| thirst to be avenged upon the fiend who had
ATTEMPTED to murder her and her lover. and
had bought her dear sisters honor at the
price of her innocent old uncle's life. would
he impossible. All her WEAKNESS was forgot
ten; she was mad with what she had seen and
heard, with the knowledge of what had been
done and what was about to be done. She
oven forget her passion in it, and swore that
| Muller should never marry Bessie while She
lived to prevent it, Had she been n bad
woman she might have seen herein an opnor-
! tlnity for Bessie once married to Muller
John would be FREQ to marry her. but the
idea never even entered her mind What
ever jess errors may have been. she wa, a
silt sacrificing, honorable woman. and world
have died rather than take such AN advan-
tage Presently they reached the shelter
a,rnin and crept in
Light a candle" said jess.
,Jantje fumbled about and finally struck a
match The bit of candle they had been
using, however, WIS nearly burned out. so
from the rubbish in tho corner he produced a
box full of ends" some of them three or
four inches long jess, in that queer sort of
way in which trifcs do strike us when the
mind is undergoing a severe strain, instantly
remembered that for wears she had been nm
| able to discover what became of the odd
pieces of the candles used in the house. Now
the mystery was explained.
"Now 90 out side and leave mo want To
think"
|